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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mercury Summer Stock presents the final two performances of the hilarious hit musical "Li'l Abner" that critics and audiences alike are loving:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Sublime!...a fast and funny theatrical romp!" Christine Howey, Scene Magazine </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Highly entertaining example of musical theater!" Ted Larsen, Parma Sun Post</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Vibrant, witty choreography and direction... It’s light and invigorating entertainment, perfect for summer!" Aaron Krause, Norwalk Reflector</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"A pleasant evening of diversion." Roy Berko</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Final Two performances - Tonight and tomorrow (July 23rd and 24th) at 7:30 PM. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">GREAT SEATS STILL AVAILABLE!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">For reservations call the box office at 216.771.5862 or order online at <font color="#001fe2" style="color: #001fe2"><u><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com/">www.mercurysummerstock.com</a></u></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FE2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></font></div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>Li’l Abner<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Lyrics by Johnny Mercer<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>Music by Gene De Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>Based on Characters Created by Al Capp</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Musical Directed by Eddie Carney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>Final Two Performances Friday July 23rd and Saturday July 24th, 2010 @ 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">At The Brooks Theatre in the Cleveland Play House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">Mercury Summer Stock continues its residency at the Cleveland Play House’s Brooks Theatre with the side-splittin’, foot-stompin’ musical extravaganza <b><i>Li’l Abner</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">. Al Capp’s world-famous comic strip jumps to life in this fun-filled politically charged classic playing July 9-24<sup>th</sup>, 2010. <b><i>Li’l Abner </i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>is laced with gentle satire, rib-tickling humor, and a host of brash, catchy tunes including <i>If I Had My Druthers, Jubilation T. Cornpone, Namely You, I’m Past My Prime </i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">and <i>The Country's in the Very Best of Hands</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">. Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault will stage Mercury Summer Stock’s production faithful to the original work while adding his signature flair and promises a satisfying mixture of hillbilly nonsense and sharp, political humor that guarantees to appeal to the sophisticated theatregoer as well as the child within us all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">Featuring Kent State musical theatre senior Jason Leupold as the loveable Abner Yokum and GLTF Actor-Teacher Annie Hickey as the girl after his heart, Daisy Mae. Cleveland theatre favorites Dan DiCello (Marryin’ Sam), Kelvette Beacham (Mammy Yokum) and Brian Marshall (Pappy Yokum) lead an ensemble of 27 misfits and goons as they fight to save Dog Patch from nuclear destruction…in enough time to run the annual Sadie Hawkins Day Race! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Tickets for<b> <i>Li’l Abner </i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Tahoma"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>are available by calling the Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b>(216) 771-5862</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">. Group discounts available. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b><u style="text-underline:words">At A Glance</u></b></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><u style="text-underline:words">: <o:p></o:p></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">What: Mercury Summer Stock’s<b> <i>Li’l Abner</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">When: July 23 and 24.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All performances at 7:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Where: The Brooks Theatre in The Cleveland Play House. 8500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. 44106<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Cost: $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Students (college and under) /Seniors (60 and up)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">For reservations and more information please call 216.771.5862, or order online at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">www.mercurysummerstock.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div> <!--EndFragment--> <div>Brian Marshall</div><div>Managing Director</div><div>Mercury Summer Stock</div><div>216.771.5862</div><div><a href="mailto:mercuryss@mac.com">mercuryss@mac.com</a></div><div>www.mercurysummerstock.com</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <br></body></html>